00:00A controversial $1.8 billion Justice Department fund championed by the Trump administration
00:05appears to be on hold and potentially dead following mounting legal challenges and growing
00:11resistance from lawmakers. The so-called anti-weaponization fund was created as part
00:16of a settlement tied to President Trump's lawsuit against the IRS and was designed to
00:21compensate people who claimed they were targeted by federal prosecutors during the Biden administration.
00:27But after a federal judge temporarily blocked the program and multiple lawsuits challenged
00:32its legality, administration officials are now signaling they may abandon the effort altogether.
00:38The development follows high-level discussions between President Trump and congressional leaders,
00:43with Senate Majority Leader John Thune suggesting the administration should shut the fund down
00:48itself rather than continue the legal battle.
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